The Helium contribution from massive AGBs
Abstract
The helium produced by AGB and super-AGB stars is a key quantity to understand whether these objects may have been the main polluters of the interstellar medium within globular clusters, and originate a second generation of stars with a chemistry showing the imprinting of their ejecta. Helium is the most important element for this topic, as any difference in the original helium between the two populations would determine clearly distinguishable features both in the morphology of the Horizontal Branches and in the Main Sequences. We present the helium yields from massive AGB stars, and show that the results are rather robust, being approximately independent of the various uncertainties that affect the description of the evolution of these stars. The implications for the self-enrichment scenario are discussed and commented.
- Publication:
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Light Elements in the Universe
- Pub Date:
- April 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921310003996
- Bibcode:
- 2010IAUS..268..147V
- Keywords:
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- Stars: abundances;
- AGB and post-AGB